Is the European Union a State? A Long Socio-Historical Perspective, from the Middle Ages to the Present Day - Hybrid Conference June 15, 2026 - University of Paris I - Registration

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For 80 years, Europeans have entered a new era: they are building a new common state of their own alongside their independent and sovereign nation-states. This state is attractive: since its founding by six countries in 1950, 22 countries have sought to participate in and join it; only one has wished, after years of shared existence, to leave it. Adopting a geohistorical perspective, in this lively and well-researched essay, Sylvain Kahn revisits this long history of today’s Europeans, heirs to states of diverse origins and natures: empires, kingdoms, cities, republics, federations, territories facing expansion by their neighbors…